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Marginal Cost of Capital (MCC) is the weighted average cost of capital for the last dollar raised in new capital. MCC of the company remains constant for some time after which it increases. This depends on the amount of additional capital raised and eventually increases as the cost of raising new capital is higher due to flotation cost. This is mostly evident in case of
Marginal cost of capital is calculated as below:
Proportion of debt in the target capital structure “
Proportion of
Proportion of common equity in the target capital structure “
After tax cost of debt, preferred stock, retained earnings and new equity is “
Breakpoint of retained earnings is the maximum amount of fund that can be raised without issuing new common equity, since the equity portion of the new capital can be met through retained earnings.
There are three independent indivisible projects A,B and C. They have a cost of $10,000, $15,000 and $25,000 respectively, with an IRR of 21%,20% and 16% respectively. WACC of the firm if no new common equity is raised is 14% and is 17% if new common equity is required. The capital structure is 40% debt and remaining in common equity. It has $24,000 in retained earnings.
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